Question for you all, what are "heirloom" seeds and how are they different from other seeds?

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Heirloom seeds are "pure" seeds and have had no crossbreeding with other plants and have been passed down for generations. And I believe the strains have to be "x" amount of years old to be considered heirloom. Typically, you may save these seeds and have plants that look exactly like the "parent" plant--were as if you save seeds from hybrids, the plants may look like the parent plant and sometimes express the recessive gene plants.

Heirlooms are said to taste better, are more resistant to bugs and are just plain wonderful. I hope that answered your question.

Heirloom seeds are "pure" seeds and have had no crossbreeding with other plants and have been passed down for generations. And I believe the strains have to be "x" amount of years old to be considered heirloom. Typically, you may save these seeds and have plants that look exactly like the "parent" plant--were as if you save seeds from hybrids, the plants may look like the parent plant and sometimes express the recessive gene plants.

Heirlooms are said to taste better, are more resistant to bugs and are just plain wonderful. I hope that answered your question.